Machine tool construction



Jan. 3, 1956 E. w. BERGMANN MACHINE TOOL CONSTRUCTION 4 Sheets-Sheet 1Filed May 5, 1950 IN V EN TOR.

Jan. 3, 1956 E. w. BERGMANN MACHINE TOOL. CONSTRUCTION 4 Sheets-Sheet 2Filed May 3, 1950 I N V EN TOR.

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ATTOAA/frs capacity of these parts to withstand to ol reactio UnitedStates Patent MACHINE TOQL CONSTRUCTION Erick W. Bergmann, Monroe, Mich.Application M ay 3, 1950,- Serial No. 159,833

1 Claim. (Cl.,9020) 'tionshipof certain component parts thereof,particularly rotary toolholder on whichto'ols may be mountedatrelatively large working diameters to better, attainhigh tool speeds;providing for increased operatiugaccuracy of the tools carried by thistooliholder by mo'unting the tool holder itself in a system of bearingslocated around the periphery of the tool holder; and preferablyincorporating means for uniformly controlling the! operating temperatureof these bearings.

In combination with these improvementsin a tool holder; the inventioncontemplates the use of a rotary oridrurn type work holder as sembly,which includes a demountable chuck having provisionffor mounting aplurality of work clamps which are successively br ought. into' the pathof travel of the tools by, rotary movement of th'e chuclq The workholder assembly employed embodies improvements in construction andmounting, particnlarlyof the chuck and work clamps, for the purposej ofincreasing the 4 "forces, decreasing thedown time or themachilne inchanging the set up for a different work piece orreplaceme'nt of parts,decreasing the effect of normal wear u'pon'the operating accuracy of themachine, and simplifying the overhauling of the machine to correct fywegr, The general an range ment ofthe machine is such that: apluralit'ylof work holder assemblies can be employed in combination witha single tool holder and here the invention involves the useof asimplified driving arrangement between tooljand work holders to givesynchronizied' operation thereof together with control of rates'o f feedlan d o f' the relative direction of rotation of the tool to the piecegcai ried by any singlework holder assembly.

This combination, of'featutesoffers in particularfjone solution at t eproblem offully exploiting thelWOfking capacity of the improvedmaterials currently available for" both abrasive and cutting toolsiI-Iightoolfspeeds can be attained, high tool reaction forces can beabsorbed without loss of accuracy and practically continuous operationof the tools is secured. Togetheh these results mean a potential rate ofproduction far beyond that attainable with machines of existing design.Y

The embodiment of the invention illustrated and to be describedindetailhereintconsistsiof a'milling machine which, in the followingspecification, willbe describedgenerally followed by a specificdescription 0fthe tool holder and a specific description of the workholder assembly "employed. V i

In the accompanying drawings, the machine in general is shown in Figs. 1and 2, the tool-h'older in Figs. 3 an'd 8, and the work holder assemblyand parts thereofdn Figs; 4-107; A 1

- Abv detailed-descriptionof these various views'isjfas follows:

Fig; l is a side elevation of the machine;

Fig. 21i's'an"end felevation of the machine shownin Fig.1;

Fig; 3 is a sectiqntaken along the line 3-3 ofFig. 2, showing the tool'holder'and associated parts;

Fig; 4 is a section takena'long the line 5 5 of Fig. 2 to show the'constr'uctionfof the"work holder assembly, its housing anddriving'mechfanism; i

Fig, 5 is an elevation of a portion of a polygonal faced chuclc'fof-awork holder'assembly showing two adjacent facesther'eof-t-orietace witha work clamp attached thereto and the adjacent face plain or-without awork p; a I l. r.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the plain face of the chuck of Fig. 5 to showthekeys provided for locating a work m t it Fig. 7 is an elevationschematically illustrating the outlineof a few representativeformslof'polygonalfaced chu'cksfand i Fig. 8 is a fragmentary elevation,of a tool holder to show 'a, representative construction for securingtool thereto. i

t l Machine in general Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the driving motor 10and main drivingshaft 11 of the machine are located within an outercover 12,tthe, mainr driving shaft 11 being mounted in threebearings13q,t 13b and 13c. This :drive shaft 11 is connected to an assemblycomprising a fly-wheel 15 and;, circular,,tool-,holder 16 the, toolholder being supwportedr in a;main vertical ,bed plate ,orzhousingmember 4 t, hQ QIki i L d ii mas i t bearings as shown in detail in Fig.3. A stubtshaft 11a extendsoutwe rdly from ,th e center ,ofthe toolholder 16 into a central eartboxal'l, from-where. the drive iscarried tothe work holders by means which-twill bet-presently described. w l-t r tl ai ssembliesa ach n ud a o ry chuclc 18, are ;used ;in,the forrnl ofmachineillpstrated, e ar shownt n. he r ene a on h p t e e t of :themachine in Figs. 1pand,;2 andin greater detail in ie a The d ive to themainshaft 11 is by V- belts from an output pulley 120, on the ,motor710, through pulleys 121 land -1 22 on ,a.,cpunter haf t.112, tothe-large pulley 44 on themainshaftgll. Qountersha ft 112 is mountedin-bearings,;111a;,and 1111 Inaddition tothe vertical housing 14, theconstruction of themachine frame'includes abori- VzonIal -baseamember,which supports the motor 10, bearings 111q,and;111b forlthe countershaft112,. and a braqketm mber 8=ior eme: i g 13a of the main r vesti f rb xype,o v.' ons t ns is sed. o race the in ertical o sing nd consists f vapedestal formed of -a vertical plate 113, and ahorizontal plate ll lsupporting another vertical 7 plate 1 115, these tliree plates. beingcut away to accommodate theqmotor lll and other drive, units. Plate115,is ,provided with a central aperture 116 to receive the bearing 13:1and-is interconnected with the housing 14 ,by a number qf spacedbracing, bars,'117. The bearing 'bracket 118 is brewed to this structureby a horizontal plate 119 upon which the bearings 13a and 13b rest.

Atlthe vvorking end obthemachine-the frameconsists of anotherpedestalcomprising the'vertical members 123 aildQlZZl, horizontal plate 125 andend,plates 128, and two pfai'rl'tof horizontal bars .126 which projectoutwardly from theffrriain'fhousing 14, each bar extending through thehousing 141 and; being, carried by the housing and a bracket "memberf127mounted .thereon.

Each 1 chuck. 18; is carried by} a housing 19 -rnoun ted upon a bas'e'plat'e'flllwhich intuinf is s pported in V- 'waysnz'l qffa cari'iageZZ. The carriagelzismounted uponfa, pair "of transverse bars 23, thesebars extending between a'pair'of plates 24 mounted on the front pedestalof the frame, which form part of the main frame of the machine. Thismethod of mounting provides for both longitudinal and lateral movementof each housing 19 and work chuck 18, longitudinal movement taking placealong the V-ways 21 in response to movement of a hand wheel 25 carriedby a shaft 26 which is provided with a threaded portion to engage a nut27 depending from the base plate 20. Lateral movement takes place alongthe bars 23 in response to rotation of a hand wheel 28 carried by ashaft 29 extending between the pair of parallel bars 23 and likewiseengaging a nut (not shown) depending from the supporting carriage 22.

An upper adjustable connection is provided between each housing 19 andthe frame of the machine to further stabilize the housing yet allow forlongitudinal and lateral change in the position thereof, this connectioncomprising a pair of slotted links 130 connected at spaced points tobosses on the outer face of each housing by bolts 131 and 132, with eachpair of links being secured at a common point 133 to a carriage 134. Onecarriage 134 is slidably mounted on each of the pair of horizontal bars126 and can be held in fixed position along the bars by clamp screws135.

The drive to each work holder housing is identical. The stub drivingshaft 11a carries a worm 30 located within the central gear box 17 andengaging a worm gear 31 mounted upon a transversely extending shaft 32.Shaft 32 extends outwardly from each side of the gear box 17 and eachextending portion of this shaft is splined to engage one end 34 of auniversal joint 35, the other end of which is similarly splined toengage the end of a shaft 36 extending from the work holder housing 19.The universal joint 35 and its splined connection to shafts 32 and 36permit limited longitudinal and lateral movement of each work holderhousing sufficient to allow for all normal adjustments.

Reference should now be made to Fig. 4 which shows the construction ofeach work holder housing and the driving means employed to translaterotary movement of the shaft 36 to rotary movement of each chuck 18.Shaft 36 carries a worm 37 which engages a worm gear 38 keyed to a shaft39. One of a pair of driving gears 40 and 41 is removably mounted uponthe outer end of shaft 39, the other gear being similarly mounted uponthe corresponding end of the work holder drive shaft 42. Gears 40 and 41are what may be termed the change speed gears of the machine, and whilea one-to-one ratio between these gears is illustrated in the drawings,other ratios may be employed, according to the feed speed requirementfor the material of the work piece.

Since the details of the construction of the chuck 18 and its housingwill be fully described later in this specification under the headingWork holder assembly, it is sufficient for the present to state that thechuck 18 is mounted so as to be driven by rotation of its drive shaft42; and, as shown in Fig. 2, each chuck 18 carries a number of specialpurpose clamps or work engaging fixtures 43, which, through rotation ofthe chuck, are successively advanced into the path of travel of thetools carried by the tool holder 16.

The relative rate of rotation between chuck 18 and tool holder 16establishes the feed, or rate of advance of the work piece towards thepath of travel of the tool, which can be varied, for a given rate ofrotation of the tool holder, by changing the ratio of the gears 40 and41. The direction of rotation of the tools relative to the work piece isalso controllable by the use or non-use of the optional system of changespeed gearing illustrated on the left hand work holder of Fig. 2. Here,driving gears 40a and 41a, of smaller diameter than the correspondinggears 40 and 41, are employed in combination with an intermediate idleror reverse gear 45, to change the direction of rotation of this workholder drive shaft 42 from that established by the normal gear trainpreviously described. Thus, in Fig. 2, if it is assumed that a clockwiserotation is imparted to the tool holder 16 by the driving motor 10, andthat the drive from the stub shaft 11a to the work holder drive shafts42 is such that a counterclockwise direction of rotation is normallyimparted to each chuck 13, the optional use of the gears 40a, 41a and 45will result in the left hand chuck being turned in a clockwisedirection. This means that the machine may be operated for either aclimb or conventional milling operation upon the work pieces carried byany chuck independently of the type of milling being performed upon thework pieces of any other chuck.

in order that the proper speed may be obtained for the type of toolbeing used and composition of the work upon which such tool is acting,the driving motor 10 may be of a variable speed type or, if preferred, avariable speed coupling may be used between the driving motor and maindrive shaft 11 in place of the pulleys, countershaft and V-belts shownin Fig. 1

The general arrangement of the machine is designed to permit high toolspeeds with relatively low rates of rotation of the component parts ofthe machine, these high tool velocities being obtained by the largediameter of the tool holder made possible by the overall design of themachine. This large diameter tool holder also makes it possible toemploy the large drum or rotary type of chucks used so that new work iscontinuously presented to the cutting tools, and second, so that thesecutting tools may be acting upon a plurality of work piecessimultaneously. A further advantage accruing from the use of the largediameter tool holder is that it permits the flywheel 15 to be mounteddirectly to the tool holder structure where its momentum will beinstantly available to aid in sustaining a uniform speed of the tools,without inducing any stresses in driving members as is the case Where anenergy storing device is mounted at some point in the driving trainremote from the place where load changes occur. Details of the fly-Wheeland its mounting are given under the section Tool holder of thisspecification.

While only two work holder assemblies are employed in the design ofmachine illustrated, it is to be recognized that it will be readilypossible to furnish additional assemblies, depending upon the spaceavailable in the path of the cutting tools, this, of course, beingdetermined by the actual dimension selected for the diameter of the toolholder. However, the actual number of chucks and work carrierssimultaneously usable will also depend upon the size of the work pieceand its positioning upon the chuck.

It may, in some cases, also be desirable to design the machine so thatthe tool holder and chucks are mounted upon vertical axes rather thanhorizontal axes as shown, in order either to provide for additional workholder assemblies or to facilitate the handling of the particular typeof article to be carried by the chuck of such assemblies. In thisconnection, it should at all times be borne in mind that a machine ofthis type is regarded primarily as a special purpose machine and willusually be designed and constructed to operate on some particular highproduction article.

Tool holder As previously mentioned, the tool holder is mounted forrotation in bearings carried by the main housing member 14 of themachine. Details of this construction are shown in Fig. 3. Preferablythe tool holder is constructed in two pieces-an outer disc 50 whichcarries the cutting tools 51 and an inner disc 52 which is connected tothe fiy-wheel 15. These two discs are connected by bolts 53 and theouter disc 50 carries the stub driving shaft 11a while the inner disc 52is secured to a flange 54 formed at the end of the main driving shaft11. Inner disc 52 is formed with a threaded portion 55, adapted to beengaged by an adjusting nut 56 and a locking nut 57, and a taperedcylindrical portion 58, the tapered portion thereof engaging a similarlytapered bushing 59, which constitutes one of the main radial bearings ofthe tool holder assembly; A thrust bearing 60' is located between theinner surface of the housing member 14 and theadjusting nut 56.

The outer disc-50 is formed with a Shoulder 61 and a -tapered surface62, the shoulder forming a recess into which a second thrust bearing- 63is fitted, and the tapered surface 62' engaging a similarly taperedbushing 64 which constitutes the second main radial bearing of theassembly. Inner and outer dust seals 69 and 70, respec tiv'e'ly, areemployedfor the protection of this system of bearings. A Circular recess65 is formed in the housing 14 so that a fluid carrying conduit 66 maybe mounted adjacent the bushing 59 and; a second recess 67 is formed inthe housing so thatsimilar fluid carrying conduit 68 may be positionedadjacent the bushing 64. Means for circulating fluid through theseconduits is not shown as satisfactory devices of this type arewell-known and comniercially available, along with devices and systemsfor controlling the temperature of the fluid. Primarily, the purpose ofthe conduits and function of the fluid circuuated therethrough is toinsure that the temperature of the hearings will be maintained atsubstantially equal values" around the bearing surface so that warpageor distortion due to unequal temperature distribution will not occur.

The outer disc 50' mounts a tool position ring 71 which is preferablyprovided with a tapered outer surface 72 to engage the butt end of thetools when the same are placed at their proper cutting angle. This ringcorrectly positions the tools radially of the holder and serves as areference point so that all tools may be ground to the same length. Nospecific means for clamping the cutting tools to the outer disc is shownin Fig. 3. There are several devices commercially available for thispurpose and the selection of the proper means will depend to some extentupon the'typc of tool being employed, but for purposes of illustration,a representative clamping device isillustrated in Fig. 8. In this form,the outer disc 50 isshaped with aseries of teeth or serrations 75, eachhaving a positioning face 76 anda wedging face 77. A tool 78 is firmlyheld between the face 76 and the face 79 of a tool clamp 80, the clamphaving a wedg-ing face similar to face 77 and being urged intoengagement therewith by a clamp screw 81. t

The outer disc is preferably made as a separate member so that it can beremoved from the machine for making tool changes or so that alternativetypes of outer discs may be employed for various tool set-ups, dependingupon the Work to be done. Since the connection between the stub shaft11a and the worm 30 carried thereby is a splined one, the outer disc canbe readily removed by simply removing the bolts 53 which connect it tothe inner disc and the bolts 73 which connect it to the stub shaft 11a,and sliding the disc 50 and stub shaft outwardly from the face plate 14of the machine.

Several types of tool set-up may be employed in a machine of this kindin addition to the single ring of cutting tools shown. For example, thisring of tool blades may be composed of alternate roughing and finishingtools with the finishing tool set inwardly and aboveto the extent of thedepth of the finishing cutthe roughing tool; or, the composition of thering could consist of amilling cutter in combination with a honing toolfor finishing the surface of the work. Another type would be where asecond ring of tools are employed to mill a surface at a different levelfrom that acted upon by the outer ring of tools. A fourth illustrationwould be where abrasive tools are mounted upon the tool holder, in lieuof the cutting tools shown, to perform a grinding rather than a millingoperation.

The design and mounting of this tool holder makes it possible to havetools operating on a large working diameter so that high speeds can beobtained with relatively low velocities of the rotating parts of themachine and without loss of accuracy of the machine. With conventi'onalmethods of 4 mounting 1001s,. large working diameters ofthe tools cannotbeobtained Without sacrificing the accuracy of the. machine and withoutemployin'g excessively large: shafts-due to the fact that inconventional p'raetice thetool holder issupported by the bearings whichengage its driving shaft and the to'ols are located outwardly ofthebearings with a cantileverstype ofsupport. Therefore, a large componentof thetool reaction force is-radial, distorting the tool holder andaggravating bearing wear. With the present construction; the supportingbearings for the tool hol'der are locatedappr'oximately at, or outwardlyof the area where the'reaction between the tooland workpiece occurs andthe entire tool holder is fixed against radial and axial movement. Thesupport of thetools is of the simple beam type rather than cantilever,and greater bearing area canbe provided for the transmission of reactionforces to the stationary structure ofthemachine. Thesedifferences fromconventional practice in mounting the tool holder-make itpossible toachieve high tool velocities with complete cutting accuracy and withprolonged tool life becauseof the fact that the tool holder is preciselyheldagainst movement due to tool reaction Work holder assembly Eachchuck 18 is attached to a driving spindle by a key 86 and a series ofbolts 87, the spindle being formed witha cylindrical pilot surface.88and a pair of tapered surfaces 89. Similar cylindrical and taperedsurfaces 88a and 89a are-internally formed in the chuck 18. The spindle85 is secured to themain drive shaft 42 by bolts 90 extending through aflange 91 formed at the outer endof the latter and the spindle rotatesupon a bearing carrier member 92 which is secured to the verticalbearing plate 102 of the housing by bolts 93. This bearing carrier 92,in addition to providing a journal 94 for the shaft 42, also providesaspindle thrust bearing 95 and an inner radial bearing96-which is engagedby an inner cylindrical, surface 97 of the spindle. The spindle is alsoformed withan outer cylindrical surface 98 which engages an outer radialbearing 99 carried within a cylindrical recess 100 of the housingproper. A thrust bearing 10'1is positioned between the outer surface ofthe housing plate 102 and the surface 103 of the spindle, and a secondthrust bearing 104 is positioned adjacent the inner face of the housing;plate 102, and held in position by a spacer ;105 and adjusting andlocking nuts 106'and 107. These nuts engage a threaded portion 108formed on the drive shaft 42 and serve to retain the shaft 42 andspindle 85 upon the housing.

In addition to the vertical bearing plate 102 and base plate 20,havingtransverse; attaching ribs 109 and 140, theconstruction of the housingincludes an intermediate vertical plate 141 which carries bearings 142and 143 for the shafts 39 and 42 respectively. This intermediate plate141 is removably secured to the transverse rib ofthe base plate and toan outer wall section 144 attached to the plate-102. A second outer wallsection 145 is carried by the vertical plate 141 and the construction ofthe housing is completed by an end plate 146 attached to the section 145and to the rib 109'by bolts 147.

The relationship of these various parts which comprise the work holderand housing assembly may perhaps be better understood from a briefdiscussion of the manner in which these parts are preferably assembled.Assuming that all parts are in disassembled relationship, including theremoval of the end plate 146 and intermediate plate 141 from the housingassembly, the drive shaft 42 is inserted within the core of the spindle85 and the flange 91 of the shaft secured to the spindle by the bolts90. After the bearing carrier 92 has been secured to the vertical plate102 of the housing by the bolts 93 and the thrust bearing 101 has beenplaced in position, the shaft 42 and spindle 85 can be inserted withinthe journal 94 from the right in Fig. 4 and the thrust bearing 104 andspacer 105 can be slipped over the inner end of the shaft. The adjustingand retaining nut 106 is screwed upon the threaded portion 108 of theshaft 42 to secure the shaft and spindle in a position for proper rotarymotion upon the housing and bearing carrier. This position is maintainedby locking nut 107. It is believed that the method of assembling theremaining parts, comprising the driving train to the shaft 42, and thehousing members 141 and 146 is self-evident.

The system of bearings employed for mounting the shaft and spindleinsures that the reaction between the work piece and tools will beabsorbed by the housing 19 with a minimum amount of distortion of theparts, thus maintaining maximum accuracy. No temperature control ofthese bearings has been provided due to the low rotational speed atwhich these parts operate.

The work piece clamps 43, which are of any design for satisfactoryholding of the particular work piece 138 being machined, are secured tothe outer faces 46 of the chuck 18 by screws 82 received in threatedholes 83 therein.

The construction and mounting of the chuck 18 allows considerablelatitude in its design for the accommodation of the particular type,size and number of work pieces to be machined, and also provides forready removal of the chuck 18 from the machine should this becomedesirable for any reason, such as to change over to a different chuckand work clamp set-up. Such a change may involve the use of a differentdesign of clamp to hold another work piece, and/or a different style ofchuck such as one of the other types of polygonal faced chucks 18a, 18bor 180, schematically shown for illustrative purposes in Fig. 7. Eachchuck is preferably constructed so that any work clamp designed withinthe dimensional limits established by the overall specifications of themachine and style of chuck selected, may be constructed so that it canbe precisely located upon and attached to the chuck and the new chuckand clamp set-up assembled away from the machine. Each face 46 of achuck is formed with two intersecting keyways 47 and 48. In theillustration given in Figs. and 6 of the drawings, these keyways arelocated at a 90 angle of intersection, with a key 49 being located inthe keyway 48 and two keys 74 in the keyway 47, all keys being securedby screws 139. These keys thus establish a fixed location of the workclamp 43 when similar keyways 84 are formed in its mating surface. I

The actual operation of changing the chuck on the machine is facilitatedby cylindrical pilot surfaces 88 and 88a provided on the spindle 85 andchuck respectively since the engagement of these surfaces will cause theweight of the chuck to be supported by the machine structure while thechuck is being properly positioned for insertion of the attaching bolts87.

When the machine is in operation, each chuck is continuously rotated, asdistinguished from an indexing type of movement commonly employed inpresent practice with chucks for holding a series of articles, eitherwork pieces or tools. Therefore, wear on the bearings of the work holderassembly is evenly. distributed and no problem exists in operating themachine in such a way as to avoid the localized wear that can occur inthe guides of reciprocating tables. Furthermore, in the present machine,after wear has occurred in any of the 8 major operating parts to asufiicient extent that the machining operation cannot be held within thelimits of accuracy desired, it is possible to return the machine to itsoriginal degree of accuracy by the relatively simple overhaul procedureof installing and working in new bearing surfaces where required.

Due to the fact that, as previously mentioned, the machine of theinvention is primarily intended for use as a high production specialpurpose unit, its overall design and specific arrangement of componentparts, particularly the tool and work holder assemblies may varyconsiderably in actual practice. The specific embodiment of theinvention described herein is, therefore, intended only asrepresentative of the construction of a machine incorporating thefeatures described.

I claim:

A planing mill of the type having a base structure and work positioningmeans which comprises a rotatably mounted chuck adapted to carry aplurality of workpieces for movement in a circular path, characterizedby said base structure including a fixed housing member positioned inspaced relation to said circular path, said housing member beingprovided with a relatively large cylindrical aperture forming a journal,the axis of which is perpendicular to the plane of said circular path, agenerally cylindrical tool holder assembly rotatably carried by saidhousing member within said aperture, said tool holder assembly having aworking face projecting from said aperture and the surface of saidhousing member adjacent thereto, means for mounting a series of toolelements on said working face in an annular ring within the diameter ofsaid aperture, the said annular ring of tool elements overlapping thesaid circular path of travel of said workpieces, and means for rotatingsaid chuck in response to rotation of said tool holder assemblycomprising a shaft projecting from the working face of said tool holderassembly, a cross shaft, driving elements between said shaft and crossshaft and between said cross shaft and said chuck whereby the rotationalinertia of said tool holder assembly is available to overcome reactionforces affecting the rotation of said chuck, said driving elementsincluding means for permitting relative lateral and longitudinalmovement between said shaft and said chuck, said work positioning meansbeing mounted on the base structure for movement in directions parallelto and transversely of the rotational axis of said tool holder assembly.

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